This book is the 8th installment in the Meredith Gentry series. As a fantasy novel, it falls heavily into the romance genre as the book is chock full of authorized promiscuity in the faerie world. Faeries are normally potrayed as whimsically beautiful, ephemereal, magical creatures or as extremely sexual beings who commonly take it in their heads to seduce (mainly) the heroine or hero of the story for their own evil(?) or enigmatic purposes. This tale of course plays on the latter except all the seduction takes place between faeries. Our heroine, Meredith Gentry, is the half-human, half Unseelie daughter of the deceased Prince of the Unseelie court. She has always been caught up in the drama and politics between the various faerie factions but as the years go by, each encounter seems more perilous than the next. Thankfully, her Darkness and Frost are always there by her side to support her. This time around, Meredith has to secure her throne by following her sadistic Aunt's (The current Queen of the Unseelie) terms and deal with a horrible and unexpected accusation made by the Seelie King through human laws against her bodyguards. What makes this turn of events terrifying is the fact that the King had tried to kill her before... For those who love both the romance and fantasy genre, this book is definitely for you. It provides a good blend of both genres as it has all the spice of sizzling sex yet it retains the wonder and mystery of magic. All in all a great read!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
A Lick of Frost by Laurell K. Hamilton
This book is the 8th installment in the Meredith Gentry series. As a fantasy novel, it falls heavily into the romance genre as the book is chock full of authorized promiscuity in the faerie world. Faeries are normally potrayed as whimsically beautiful, ephemereal, magical creatures or as extremely sexual beings who commonly take it in their heads to seduce (mainly) the heroine or hero of the story for their own evil(?) or enigmatic purposes. This tale of course plays on the latter except all the seduction takes place between faeries. Our heroine, Meredith Gentry, is the half-human, half Unseelie daughter of the deceased Prince of the Unseelie court. She has always been caught up in the drama and politics between the various faerie factions but as the years go by, each encounter seems more perilous than the next. Thankfully, her Darkness and Frost are always there by her side to support her. This time around, Meredith has to secure her throne by following her sadistic Aunt's (The current Queen of the Unseelie) terms and deal with a horrible and unexpected accusation made by the Seelie King through human laws against her bodyguards. What makes this turn of events terrifying is the fact that the King had tried to kill her before... For those who love both the romance and fantasy genre, this book is definitely for you. It provides a good blend of both genres as it has all the spice of sizzling sex yet it retains the wonder and mystery of magic. All in all a great read!
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